ScholarPeer’s latest research news and reporting from the Niels Bohr Institute. The Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen is a physics research center with strengths in quantum science, particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, biophysics, and geophysics. Its researchers investigate phenomena ranging from subatomic particles and quantum systems to stars, galaxies, climate, and complex biological processes, advancing fundamental understanding and enabling new scientific technologies.Visit the Niels Bohr Institute
At CERN, physicists smashed oxygen and neon nuclei together at nearly the speed of light. The way the wreckage spread out differed between the two, and the difference tracks the shapes the nuclei are thought to hold inside: a tetrahedron for oxygen, a bowling pin for neon.